Improvement in corn-planters



in the county oi`Northainpt on and Pennsylvan-ia, have invented fa. new-and 'Im-.- proved Seeding-lilachine; 4and I do hereby de#v clare, that the tollowing'is-a full,clear, 'and eXf fact description ot' thesame,reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga STATES PafTitled* OFFICE-.

A.Torrisi AFG-NEW, on BATH, rENNsYL'vA-NrA-.

. rMPRoV'MET- IN oRNf-jPLANTERs.

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dealt/whom' 'tftmay concern-3 'A y v Be'itglmownthatl,JoHNAGaEwof Bath, State of part ot' this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 ls a plan or topview of my inven- I tion; Fig. 2, aside sectional view of the same, taken xin the lin'e ww, Fig. lt Fig. 3, a' detached side view of the adinstable marking device.

Similar letters o't' l,reference indicate .corre- 4L sponding; parts in the several figures.' v 1 This in ve'ntion'relate's' toanew and improved lseed-.planter of that class-which are designed for planting 'seed in h illsangd incheck-'rowsw The invention consists in a novel' and improved seed-'dropping m.echanism",'w ith means for turning the same out of gear si in ultaneonsly with the elevating of the shoes oi" 'urrow'open ers, eis-hereinafter described, whereby the'seeddropping device 'is placed under the complete control ot' the driver, and is 'capable ot* bei-ng y manipulated-by hi`m when the machine `is being 'drawn along.

'. rllie invention 'also consists in the employ-- 'ment or use of a markin'g'device arranged and applied to one ofthe wheels of the machine, gwherebytlie latter may always be started correctlyat'the commencement at each ,bout7or movement across the iield and the seed planted in checkfrows, Vso'that the plants may be plowed tv v'o ways at right angles to each other.

' To enable those skilled in the art to fully un` derstand and construct myin venti on,.1 will proceedmtodescriybe it.

#Arepresents thev frame fof the machine,

edupon two-wheels, B B.

U lis ithe'draft-pole of the machine, and D fw ich'may beot'rectanglar form, andismountthe axle of the wheels B B', one of the wheels f being "permanently attached to 'the-axle and the other placedloosely upon it. The wheels B B are nearer the back tlianthe front part-of the frame A, and uponthe frameA in frontot' each wheel vI3 there is placeda seed-box, E. At.th e bottom of each seed-box .E there is a reciprocating seedfslide, F,' each being. perforated with a hole, a.- These slides are parallel with the sides ot'i the frame A, andjtheyzare connected at their back endsto a bar, G,which extends :the 'whole witnhof are framing. A, as, shown in Fig. 1. [The barG is connected by two' pitm'en, H H,to cranks b b on a shaft, I, which is .placed in the frame A, directly above and parallei-with the axle D, and saidcranleshat't re-V 'ceives its motion from the axle through the me-l dium ofgears c The shaft lis allowed to slide longitudinally in its bearings, and one end ot' l said -shat't has a spring, J', bearing; against it,

said spring keeping the wheel c of shaft I-in contact with a beveledy projection', d, on a bar, J, the frontend ot' which is connected-'by a joint, e, with an .'arn1,j`, on a shaft, Kon the t'ranieA, the .wheel c being at the vsame time kep't in gear with the wheel c on the axle D.. By means ot'tliecranbshatft I and p itmen H H a. reciprocating motion iscommnni'cated tothe slides F F, which distribute the seedA inthe same way as most ot .the reciprocating slides used on [seeding-machines, the holes a ot' the are' connected luy-rods M with shoes or fur- 'row-openers O 0, which encompass theseedconveying tubes L andare connected to arms a P, the front ends ot' which are attached-t0 the front end otftlieframe A.

From the above. description it will be seen.

that when'the shalt K is turned to throw'the crank-shaftI- out.ofgear with the axle D the lfurrow-ipenms O will .he simultaneously elevvated free from the ground.

loosely a ban-Q, one 'end of whichi's provided with a'flat plate or projection to 'make a mark on the groundat every revolution ot' the wheels B as the machine is drawn along. These *marks4 indicate the droppings of the vseed or. where theyare covered, and serve as guides to the d rfiver in starting'the machineatthecommence ment of each movement across the field. .flhis bar Q, is lconnected with the axle 1),:s'o as Ato turn with it, by means of a screw,j, and the bar is set at the-commencement ofeach movement, so as to be in line with .thoseprevonsly "-made. 'By this means the seed will be planted in check-rows, so thatthe plants may be plowed both ways, or in directions at right angles to each other. l,

'lo the bach partof the frame A there is attached a bar, S, having a strip, T, secured at iight angles to its outerl end. Thisdeviceis a marker which may be turned to ethersigle of` the machine to mark the ground and serve.

as a gage tofinsure theseed being planted in rows at qual distances apart. This marker however, is an old and well-known device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' The sliding or adjustable crank-shaft I,con` nected with-the bar Gr oi'` the slides F F byy means of the pitmen H H', in combination with the bar J, provided with the beveled projection d, the shaft K, lever M, and cranks h h, connected with the furrow-openers O, all being arranged to'operate'substantially in the manner as and for the `purpose herein set forth. JOHN AGN EW. Witnesses i WILLIAM CRAIG, ALLAN R. SoHoLL.v 

